On May 1, 1947, in a speech before parliament, Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlined his government’s position on Canada’s
immigration policy. King noted that:
The policy of the government is to foster
the growth of the population of Canada
by the encouragement of immigration.
The government will seek by legislation,
regulation and vigorous administration, to
ensure the careful selection and
permanent settlement of such numbers of
immigrants as can advantageously be
absorbed in our national economy.... With
regard to the selection of immigrants,
much has been said about discrimination. I wish to make quite clear that Canada is perfectly within her rights in selecting
the persons whom we regard as desirable
future citizens. It is not a “fundament
al human right” of any alien to enter
Canada. It is a privilege.
It is a matter of domestic
policy.... There will, I am
sure, be general agreement with the view
that the people of
Canada do not wish,
as a result of mass immigration, to make
a fundamental alterati
on in the character
of our population. Large-scale immigrati
on from the Orient would change the
fundamental composition of the Canadian
population. Any considerable Oriental
immigration would, moreover, be certain
to give rise to social and economic
problems of a character that might lead to serious difficulties in the field of international relations.
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King’s statement affirmed Canada’s longsta
nding policy of regulating immigration for
purposes of nation-building. This entailed distinguishing
among “preferred,” “non-
preferred,” and “excluded classes” of people. Whereas preferred immigrants from the British Isles and northern Europe were highly
sought after and aggressively recruited,
non-preferred immigrants from southern and
eastern Europe were
granted entry during
periods of economic growth but regulated more closely during bad times. Non-white immigrants from outside of Europe were
completely excluded through...

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Success and Failures of MackenzieKing
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Success is what most people want in their lives, and this is what most people strive for. Also, they want to have success in their lives so that they can achieve all the goals that they have planned out. They also want to accomplish these goals so they can have a successful life. On the other hand, failures are what most people try to avoid because they cannot be successful and accomplish their goals. Also, these people do not achieve their goals that they have planned out. Most people want to have more successes than failures in their lives. Many people also want to be a good leader or a strong leader so that they can set out examples to young people and everyone else. So they try really hard to possess that quality .Political leaders have many successes in their lives but also failures. One of the political leaders that has been successful in life and has also had failures was MackenzieKing. In the history of Canadian prime ministers, many of them show that they had many success and failures. However, the prime minister who shows the most successes and failures is William Lyon MackenzieKing. He shows that he was successful and had failures to the Canadian government. He was successful in a number of ways, including in the Second World War, in unemployment...

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I. Introduction
• Mackenzie King’s extraordinary achievements are what make him one of the greatest Prime Ministers Canada has ever known.
• Canada’s most intelligent Prime Minister
• Old Age Pension for the elderly
• Unemployment Insurance Act for those without work
• Family Allowance to assist families
• King made sure to refrain from forcing men to fight in WWII
• Thesis: MackenzieKing was widely respected by his generation for his intelligence, and altruistic personality, but above all, for his achievements.
II. Background and Childhood
• Born on December 17, 1874 Kitchener ON
• Named William Lyon MackenzieKing after his grandfather
• Son of an unsuccessful lawyer and ambitious mother but his family was far from indigent
• His complex character was one of great intelligence, intuition, and ambition
• His Private Occupation was a Civil servant
• King was a member of the liberals
• He was prime minister from 1921 – 1930
• Was re-elected in 1935-1948
III. Education
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• Studied at University of Toronto, Chicago, Harvard and the London School of Economics
• Education also included social work in some of the worst slums in North America
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William Lyon MackenzieKing
William Lyon MackenzieKing served as Canada’s prime minister three times between 1921 and 1948, holding office for a total of 21 years during that period. He worked to improve Canadian cooperation with Britain and the United States.
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W. L. MackenzieKing (1874-1950), tenth prime minister of Canada (1921-1926, 1926-1930, 1935-1948). King was the leader of Canada's Liberal Party from 1919 to 1948. On his retirement he had held office longer than any other prime minister in the British Commonwealth, and under his leadership, Canada became a participant in world affairs. King contributed much to the cooperation between Britain, Canada, and the United States during and after World War II (1939-1945). However, his greatest achievement was the preservation of unity between French-speaking and English-speaking parts of Canada.
II. EARLY LIFE
William Lyon MackenzieKing was born in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, in 1874. He was named after his maternal grandfather, William Lyon Mackenzie, a leader in an unsuccessful 1837 rebellion against British...

...The greatest Prime Minister of Canada was? MackenzieKing our 10thPrime Minister of Canada and by far one of our greatest. William Lyon MackenzieKing accomplished a lot in his twenty-0ne years of ministering our Country Canada!
"It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government." (MackenzieKing august 26, 1936) This statement sums up the best secrets ofMackenzie King's success as prime minister, and perhaps, the key to governing Canada effectively. King's record of prime minister is sometimes difficult to judge. He had no uninteresting images, he gave no repetitive speeches, and he champions no drastic stage. He is remembered for his easygoing, passive compromise and conciliation (Gregory, page 267). Yet MackenzieKing led Canada for a total of twenty-two years, through half the Depression and all of the Second World War. Like every other prime minister, he had to possess ambition, endurance and determination to become prime minister and, in spite if appearances, his accomplishments in that role required political acuity, decisiveness and faultless judgment.
William Lyon MackenzieKing was born in Berlin (later renamed Kitchener), Ontario in 1874. His father was a lawyer and his maternal grandfather was William Lyon Mackenzie, leader of the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada....

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William Lyon MackenzieKing was the tenth prime minister of Canada, he had loved luxury and comfort but most of all power. During the 21 years that he served as Prime Minister, Mackenzie faced many hard decisions, and had proved himself as an effective leader socially, nationally, and through the dark times of war. Mackenzie made many important allies during the war, and quite possibly prevented Canada from breaking out into a civil war. MackenzieKing was born on December 17, 1874 in Berlin Ontario and from the time Mackenzie was young he was concerned about the world around him. Mackenzie was inspired by two people in his life, his mother, Isabel Mackenzie, and his grandfather.
Mackenzie King’s extraordinary achievements are what make him one of the greatest Prime Ministers Canada has ever known. Such as he made old age pension for the elderly. He made unemployment Insurance Act for those without work Family Allowance to assist families. King made sure to refrain from forcing men to fight in WWII. MackenzieKing was widely respected by his generation for his intelligence, and altruistic personality, but above all, for his achievements.
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William MackenzieKing was the grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie, was born in Kitchener (then they called it berlin) on Dec. 17, 1874 he went to school and Studied hard and got his B.A. in law and also got a degree from the University of Toronto, and also studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. William Also became a served as a deputy minister of labour from 1900 to 1908 then he was first Elected to the house of commons in 1908, and succeeded Laurier as a leader of the liberal Party in 1919. King also became a Prime Minister when the liberals won the general Election on Dec. 6, 1921. Even though the Meighen&#8217;s won the most sets in the general Election of Oct. 29, 1925, King stayed in the office with the help of progressive and Labor members who supported his proposed tariff reductions and an old-age pension Legislation. William had lost his York North seat in the 1925 election but returned to the House of Commons as the member for Prince Albert, following a by- Election on Feb.15, 1926. William&#8217;s government was shaken in 1926 by the Revelation that the Customs Department was tainted with corruption and incompetence. King...

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In the federal election of October 1925, King-Byng affair occurred between Governor General Julian Byng and Prime Minister William Lyon MackenzieKing, when Liberals won 101 seats and Conservatives won 116 in the election. Therefore, King decided to call a re-election before he lost support of Progressives. However, when he asked Lord Byng to dissolve the Parliament, Byng refused; believingKing should have resigned before (canadianautonomy.webnode.com, 2014). Subsequently, King and his government resigned leaving Canada without a Prime minister. “The Governor General proceeded as quickly as possible to ask Arthur Meighan, the leader of the Conservative party, and the party with majority of seats in the parliament, but the Meighans government lasted only three day before the non-confidence votes defeated it” (www.thewhig.com, 2014). After observing the situation and taking the advice of Meighan, Byng decided to dissolve parliament and call election, in which King had won. This event was significantly important to independence of Canada because it was one of the events which led to Canada’s autonomy. William Lyon MackenzieKing had stood up to British officials, stating that Byng didn’t act in Canada’s best interest, and a Canadian not a British official should represent Canada (http://prezi.com/, 2012). This was the...

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The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is a project proposed in 1970s with a purpose to transport natural gas and oil from the Beaufort Sea through Northwest Territories to tie into gas pipelines in northern Alberta. The project was scarped because of Thomas Berger's report which stated how the project would have a negative effect on environment and First Nation communities. After many year the land claims have been settled by the Aboriginal groups, but the environmental issues still exist today.
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